Overview
- Australia posted 371 thanks to Alex Carey’s 106 and Usman Khawaja’s 82, with Mitchell Starc adding 54 before Jofra Archer closed the innings for 5-53.
- England ended day two on 213-8, trailing by 158, as Ben Stokes battled to 45 not out from 151 balls with Jofra Archer 30 not out in searing heat.
- Pat Cummins marked his comeback with 3-54, removing Zak Crawley and Joe Root, while Cameron Green snared Harry Brook and Scott Boland struck twice late.
- Nathan Lyon overtook Glenn McGrath to sit second on Australia’s Test wickets list after a two-strike opening over accounted for Ollie Pope and Ben Duckett.
- DRS and Snicko faced renewed scrutiny after an operator admitted a day-one error on Carey’s edge, with further confusion over Jamie Smith’s decisions as temperatures neared 40C.